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Transcription: 

Certificate of Release of Prisoner of war.

HEAD QUARTERS, POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
Provost Marshal’s Office June 21st 1865
I hereby Certify, That Isham S. Upchurch
Prisoner of War, having this day taken the Oath of Allegiance to
the UNITED STATES as prescribed by the President in his proclamation
of December 8th, 1863,
is in conformity with instructions from the War
Department, hereby released and discharged.
In witness whereof, I hereunto affix my official Signature
and Stamp

[A. W.?] Brady
Maj. And Provost Marshal.

Date: 
June 21, 1865

Author(s)

Rank: 
Major and Provost Marshal

Recipient(s)

Unit: 
Co. G, 16th North Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
private
Residence (County): 
Chatham County, NC

From

From State: 
Maryland
From Note: 
Headquarters, Point Lookout, MD

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Andrea Cudworth
Transcription Date: 
September, 2011
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
October, 2011

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